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The 'little presidents' who deny press freedom by attacking journalistshttps://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2015/jul/22/the-little-presidents-who-deny-press-freedom-by-attacking-journalists
<p>Survey by Reporters Without Borders of the political leaders who intimidate, insult and jail editors and reporters who dare to hold them to account</p><p>Heads of state and government leaders who publicly scorn journalists violate the principle of press freedom, argues the Paris-based organisation Reporters Without Borders (RWB).</p><p>The press freedom watchdog <a href="http://en.rsf.org/leaders-who-publicly-threaten-17-07-2015,48116.html">denounces the “little presidents” who publicly attack journalists and media outlets</a>, arguing that journalists treated in a contemptuous, insulting, defamatory or racist manner are put under “terrible pressure... just for doing their job.”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2015/jul/22/the-little-presidents-who-deny-press-freedom-by-attacking-journalists">Continue reading...</a>MediaJournalist safetyPress freedomHuman rightsWorld newsNicolás MaduroVenezuelaRafael CorreaEcuadorHondurasRecep Tayyip ErdoğanTurkeyChechnyaRamzan KadyrovBosnia-HerzegovinaHungaryFranceThe GambiaZimbabweRobert MugabeThailandVietnamXi JinpingChinaNew York TimesThein SeinMalaysiaMiddle East and North AfricaSyriaBashar al-AssadAlgeriaIranEgyptAbdel Fatah al-SisiWed, 22 Jul 2015 08:39:23 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2015/jul/22/the-little-presidents-who-deny-press-freedom-by-attacking-journalistsPhotograph: Tran Van Minh/APPhotograph: Tran Van Minh/APRoy Greenslade2015-07-22T08:39:23ZCartoonists across the world face threats to their liberty... and their liveshttps://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2015/may/19/cartoonists-across-the-world-face-threats-to-their-liberty-and-their-lives
<p>Global CPJ report documents cases of satirists who are being intimidated </p><p>In the wake of the Charlie Hebdo murders, cartoonists are under threat across the world, <a href="https://cpj.org/reports/2015/05/drawing-the-line-cartoonists-under-threat-free-expression-zunar-charlie-hebdo.php">states a report by the Committee to Protect Journalists</a> (CPJ). </p><p>A survey by the New York-based press freedom watchdog reveals a global pattern of intimidation against political and satirical cartoonists.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2015/may/19/cartoonists-across-the-world-face-threats-to-their-liberty-and-their-lives">Continue reading...</a>MediaCharlie HebdoPress freedomFreedom of speechMalaysiaEcuadorUS newsAl-QaidaSri LankaIranSouth AfricaVenezuelaHuman rightsSouth and Central AsiaWorld newsNewspapersTue, 19 May 2015 06:24:02 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2015/may/19/cartoonists-across-the-world-face-threats-to-their-liberty-and-their-livesPhotograph: CPJPhotograph: CPJRoy Greenslade2015-05-19T06:24:02ZShappi Khorsandi to host Index on Censorship awards ceremonyhttps://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2015/mar/06/shappi-khorsandi-to-host-index-on-censorship-awards-ceremony
<p>Her father fled his native Iran when his freedom of expression was denied</p><p>Comedian Shappi Khorsandi is to host Index on Censorship’s freedom of expression awards on 18 March. </p><p>It is an apt choice because her father, the Iranian writer and satirist Hadi Khorsandi, fled to Britain in 1979 with his family, including six-year-old Shappi, after criticising the regime that emerged in the wake of Iran’s Islamic revolution. </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2015/mar/06/shappi-khorsandi-to-host-index-on-censorship-awards-ceremony">Continue reading...</a>MediaCensorshipPress freedomFreedom of speechIranWorld newsItalyMafiaAngolaEcuadorMoroccoHuman rightsShappi KhorsandiFri, 06 Mar 2015 10:36:45 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2015/mar/06/shappi-khorsandi-to-host-index-on-censorship-awards-ceremonyPhotograph: Murdo MacleodPhotograph: Murdo MacleodRoy Greenslade2015-03-06T10:36:45ZWhy our president sued for libel, by Ecuador's ambassador to Britainhttps://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2013/oct/17/rafael-correa-medialaw
<p>On Monday, I ran a blog item headlined <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2013/oct/14/human-rights-rafael-correa">"Ecuador's president accused of violating human rights"</a>, which quoted a report and statements by Human Rights Watch (HRW), <a href="http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/10/10/ecuador-stop-using-defamation-laws-against-critics">available on its website here</a>.</p><p>Dr Juan Falconi Puig, Ecuador's ambassador to the UK, has written to contest the substance of HRW's report, particularly the claim that the president, Rafael Correa, targeted an opposition legislator, José Cléver Jiménez Cabrera, through the courts.</p><p>"We should be clear: on 30 September 2010, an undemocratic and violent coup d'état attempted to oust the elected president of Ecuador, Rafael Correa… </p><p>Sections of the national police and military forces blockaded highways, occupying parliament and airports. They surrounded a police hospital where President Correa had sought refuge after himself being targeted and injured by the police. </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2013/oct/17/rafael-correa-medialaw">Continue reading...</a>MediaRafael CorreaMedia lawPress freedomEcuadorHuman rightsThu, 17 Oct 2013 11:34:24 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2013/oct/17/rafael-correa-medialawRoy Greenslade2013-10-17T11:34:24ZEcuador's president accused of violating human rightshttps://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2013/oct/14/human-rights-rafael-correa
<p>Ecuador's President Rafael Correa has been urged by Human Rights Watch (HRW) to stop using criminal defamation laws to target his critics.</p><p>It argues that the convictions of an opposition legislator, José Cléver Jiménez Cabrera, and two union members for slandering the president violate their right to freedom of expression.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2013/oct/14/human-rights-rafael-correa">Continue reading...</a>MediaHuman rightsRafael CorreaFreedom of speechEcuadorPress freedomAmericasJulian AssangeWikiLeaksMedia lawMon, 14 Oct 2013 09:14:50 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2013/oct/14/human-rights-rafael-correaRoy Greenslade2013-10-14T09:14:50ZPope Francis gets front page coverage across the worldhttps://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2013/mar/14/pope-francis-newspapers
<p>The choice of Pope Francis was unsurprisingly greeted with huge, enthusiastic coverage in the newspapers of his home country, Argentina. Almost all of them carried the same front page picture of Jorge Mario Bergoglio smiling and waving to the crowds outside the Vatican.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2013/mar/14/pope-francis-newspapers">Continue reading...</a>MediaPope FrancisNewspapersArgentinaChileBrazilColombiaEcuadorFranceItalySpainGermanyIrelandNorthern IrelandMexicoUS newsLos Angeles TimesBostonUnited Arab EmiratesKuwaitEl SalvadorThu, 14 Mar 2013 14:45:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2013/mar/14/pope-francis-newspapersRoy Greenslade2013-03-14T14:45:00ZJournalism under attack across the globe imperils press freedomhttps://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2013/feb/14/press-freedom-censorship
<p>An unprecedented rise in the number of journalists killed and imprisoned in the past year, coupled with restrictive legislation and state censorship, is jeopardising independent reporting in many countries, <a href="http://www.cpj.org/2013/02/attacks-on-the-press-in-2012.php">according to a report issued today.</a> </p><p>"Attacks on the press", the yearly assessment of global press freedom released by the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), makes for depressing reading.</p><p>"Today, even as technology fuels a global communications revolution, a range of governments are challenging the very concept of press freedom, arguing that it is not a universal right at all but must be adapted to national circumstances</p><p>The basic consensus supporting freedom of expression in international law is strong enough to push back firmly against autocratic leaders who seek legal and political cover for their restrictive policies."</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2013/feb/14/press-freedom-censorship">Continue reading...</a>MediaPress freedomCensorshipHuman rightsWorld newsPakistanSomaliaBrazilEcuadorTurkeyRussiaEthiopiaVietnamIranSyriaThu, 14 Feb 2013 10:10:01 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2013/feb/14/press-freedom-censorshipRoy Greenslade2013-02-14T10:10:01ZAssange attacks Wikileaks moviehttps://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2013/jan/24/julian-assange-wikileaks
<p>Julian Assange doesn't like the movie that is being made about Wikileaks, called The Fifth Estate.</p><p>"It is a lie upon lie," he told Oxford university students by videolink from the Ecuadorian embassy. "The movie is a massive propaganda attack on WikiLeaks and the character of my staff."</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2013/jan/24/julian-assange-wikileaks">Continue reading...</a>MediaJulian AssangeWikiLeaksUniversity of OxfordFilmBenedict CumberbatchExtraditionSwedenEcuadorIranUS newsThu, 24 Jan 2013 13:15:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2013/jan/24/julian-assange-wikileaksRoy Greenslade2013-01-24T13:15:00ZTrinidad government 'smears journalists'https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2012/oct/09/press-freedom-trinidad-and-tobago
<p>The government of Trinidad and Tobago is under fire for its attempt to discredit two investigative journalists. </p><p>According to the press watchdog, the International Press Institute (IPI), Denyse Renne, of the Trinidad Guardian, and Asha Javeed, of the Trinidad Express, have been the targets of a government-led smear campaign.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2012/oct/09/press-freedom-trinidad-and-tobago">Continue reading...</a>MediaPress freedomTrinidad and TobagoVenezuelaEcuadorTue, 09 Oct 2012 09:51:02 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2012/oct/09/press-freedom-trinidad-and-tobagoRoy Greenslade2012-10-09T09:51:02ZMetro International launches paper in Puerto Ricohttps://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2012/oct/02/metro-puerto-rico
<p>Metro International is expanding its push into Latin America by launching a version of its free daily in Puerto Rico's capital, San Juan. Preview copies will be available today.</p><p>Metro is already the largest title across Latin America, with nearly 3m readers in Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, Guatemala and Colombia. </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2012/oct/02/metro-puerto-rico">Continue reading...</a>MediaMetroPuerto RicoFree newspapersMedia businessAmericasBrazilMexicoColombiaChileE coliEcuadorPeruGuatemalaTue, 02 Oct 2012 08:49:36 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2012/oct/02/metro-puerto-ricoRoy Greenslade2012-10-02T08:49:36ZA holiday for me - but what will happen to Assange?https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2012/aug/17/ireland-newspapers
<p>I am taking a summer break in sun-kissed Ireland from today. Back on 3 September. Meanwhile, in the unlikely possibility of Julian Assange getting from London's Ecuador embassy to a Quito-bound plane without being lifted by the British police, I leave you with this imagined scenario after his arrival in Ecuador.</p><p>He will be greeted by President Rafael Correa at the airport and feted for a couple of weeks. He will gradually come to realise that left-wing anti-press actions are just as inimical to freedom as their right-wing equivalent. </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2012/aug/17/ireland-newspapers">Continue reading...</a>MediaIrelandNewspapersUK newsJulian AssangeWikiLeaksRafael CorreaEcuadorFri, 17 Aug 2012 06:59:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2012/aug/17/ireland-newspapersRoy Greenslade2012-08-17T06:59:00ZWikileaks may seem like history but it will lead to era of networked newshttps://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2012/aug/15/wikileaks-londonschoolofeconomics
<p>Remember Wikileaks - the phenomenon that was going to change journalism as we know it? Well, two years on, it's way off the media radar now, what with its founder, Julian Assange, holed up in London's Ecuadorian embassy (<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/aug/14/julian-assange-asylum-ecuador-wikileaks">and looking likely to win asylum</a>). </p><p>Even concerned governments, notably the US administration, appear untroubled by its 2010 revelations. They survived after all. </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2012/aug/15/wikileaks-londonschoolofeconomics">Continue reading...</a>MediaWikiLeaksLondon School of Economics and Political ScienceJulian AssangeEcuadorDigital mediaWed, 15 Aug 2012 13:49:34 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2012/aug/15/wikileaks-londonschoolofeconomicsRoy Greenslade2012-08-15T13:49:34ZEcuadoran photojournalist murderedhttps://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2012/jul/04/journalist-safety-ecuador
<p>Freelance Ecuadoran photographer Byron Baldeón was shot dead at close range by two gunmen near his home on Sunday (1 July). The coroner said he counted 17 bullet wounds.</p><p>Baldeón, 31, was reported by the newspaper Extra to have witnessed a theft and had given evidence in the resulting case in which three police officers were accused of the crime. </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2012/jul/04/journalist-safety-ecuador">Continue reading...</a>MediaJournalist safetyEcuadorPress freedomAmericasWorld newsWed, 04 Jul 2012 07:49:44 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2012/jul/04/journalist-safety-ecuadorRoy Greenslade2012-07-04T07:49:44ZEcuador president urges ministers to boycott private mediahttps://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2012/jun/13/press-freedom-ecuador
<p>The president of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, has said he is "seriously considering" ordering government ministers to give interviews only to public media and not to media run for profit.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2012/jun/13/press-freedom-ecuador">Continue reading...</a>MediaPress freedomEcuadorAmericasWorld newsWed, 13 Jun 2012 07:59:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2012/jun/13/press-freedom-ecuadorRoy Greenslade2012-06-13T07:59:00ZChile is 'losing battle for press freedom'https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2012/mar/09/press-freedom-chile
<p>Chile is losing the battle for a free, independent media, according to an article in the country's leading English-language newspaper, the <a href="http://www.santiagotimes.cl/">Santiago Times</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2012/mar/09/press-freedom-chile">Continue reading...</a>MediaPress freedomChileAmericasJournalist safetyWorld newsEcuadorVenezuelaArgentinaFri, 09 Mar 2012 09:51:04 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2012/mar/09/press-freedom-chileRoy Greenslade2012-03-09T09:51:04ZEcuador's supreme court jails and fines newspaper ownershttps://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2012/feb/17/press-freedom-ecuador
<p>Ecuador's highest court has upheld the jail sentences on three newspaper directors and confirmed that they must pay damages of $40m (£25m) for libelling the country's president, Rafael Correa.</p><p>He told reporters that the paper run by the trio, El Universo, had orchestrated a campaign to destroy his reputation.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2012/feb/17/press-freedom-ecuador">Continue reading...</a>MediaPress freedomEcuadorAmericasJournalist safetyFri, 17 Feb 2012 08:00:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2012/feb/17/press-freedom-ecuadorRoy Greenslade2012-02-17T08:00:00ZNew Ecuador law gags the mediahttps://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2012/jan/17/ecuador-press-freedom
<p>Ecuador's national assembly has approved changes to its laws, as requested by the president, Rafael Correa, that prohibit the news media from reporting on election candidates.</p><p>Journalists claim the reformed "democracy code" amounts to censorship, preventing the essential publication of political information.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2012/jan/17/ecuador-press-freedom">Continue reading...</a>MediaEcuadorPress freedomWorld newsAmericasTue, 17 Jan 2012 08:55:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2012/jan/17/ecuador-press-freedomRoy Greenslade2012-01-17T08:55:00ZPress freedom fears as Ecuador president rages against the media he doesn't controlhttps://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2011/nov/09/press-freedom-ecuador
<p>Ecuador may be a small South American country of which we know little,* but we journalists should certainly get to know more about it in current circumstances. </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2011/nov/09/press-freedom-ecuador">Continue reading...</a>MediaPress freedomEcuadorFreedom of speechAmericasWed, 09 Nov 2011 09:39:04 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2011/nov/09/press-freedom-ecuadorRoy Greenslade2011-11-09T09:39:04ZEcuador journalist faces $10m libel damages actionhttps://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2011/aug/19/press-freedom-ecuador
<p>Ecuadorian journalist Peter Tavra Franco, who was sentenced to six months in jail for libel last month, now faces a $10m legal demand. </p><p>Tavra was convicted of libelling brother and sister Milton and Mónica Carrera in the newspaper El Universo in February 2009.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2011/aug/19/press-freedom-ecuador">Continue reading...</a>MediaPress freedomEcuadorWorld newsAmericasFri, 19 Aug 2011 07:48:49 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2011/aug/19/press-freedom-ecuadorRoy Greenslade2011-08-19T07:48:49ZEcuador journalists jailed for three years on libel chargehttps://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2011/jul/22/press-freedom-ecuador
<p>A court in Ecuador has jailed a journalist and three newspaper executives on a charge of libelling the country's president Rafael Correa. It also imposed fines of £18m on the quartet and £6m on the daily paper, El Universo.</p><p>Columnist Emilio Palacio and the three executives - Carlos, Cesar and Nicolas Perez - were sentenced to three years in prison.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2011/jul/22/press-freedom-ecuador">Continue reading...</a>MediaPress freedomEcuadorWorld newsAmericasFri, 22 Jul 2011 12:30:07 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2011/jul/22/press-freedom-ecuadorRoy Greenslade2011-07-22T12:30:07Z